I recently got turned on to these guys by hearing a James Brown cover they did called "How You Like Me Now" that was featured in the movie The Fighter. I liked it enough to pick it out of the ending credits and googled them. What I found was a collection of unique and different songs that make up the album The House that Dirt Built. The Heavy I'm finding are a band that is hard to classify (not that they need it). On just this one album they touch on a few styles of 60s influenced pop and rock, as well as reggae and soul. Their tunes fall somewhere in between retro, Gorrilaz, and blues-rock. With so many different styles influencing the band, it's tough to put a label on. If anything, this album sounds like the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarentino movie.

I've included a few samples for the few here that are willing to check out something a little different and have the means to do so. The first, Sixteen, is a throwback to styles similar to "I Put a Spell On You" by Jay Hawkins/Creedence Clearwater Revival. The next, Short Change Hero, is exactly the sound I'm referring to that sets the band apart; it sounds like a track ripped from a spaghetti western movie. The third and final song I've decided to share is a reggae track called Cause for Alarm and is very chill.

I realize that this isn't a band that many have ever heard of, but I highly recommend checking them out. They have a smooth coolness I don't find very often in music anymore.

If you like what you hear, it's available for download on Amazon and probably plenty of other places as well.